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Dealer: North |
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Contract: 1NTxx |
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
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| West | North | East | South |
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| 1NT | Dble | ||
| Pass | Pass | ReDble | Pass |
| Pass | Pass |
Why is declarer pratting about with hearts with that juicy club suit in dummy? He obviously has five running club tricks and if I ducked then he'd win 
K and run for home. Accordingly, I flashed in with A and cashed 
J, intending to put Ben in with 10 for another diamond through. I realised what I'd done as soon as Ben dropped the 10 under my jack. I was horrified. After all there are not usually 14 spades in a pack of cards. Declarer soon wrapped up 7 tricks for +760 instead of recording -400.
9 for my opening lead, Ben's brilliant play of 8 at trick three had shown me the correct defence in big bold flashing neon letters: underlead your 9 for a vital second diamond through declarer. Jim Mason, ever the droll wag, summed it up perfecfully:."So Kit, you failed to be able to count to 13, twice in the same deal. Quite a feat."
